The appointment of a third party to audit the process is intended to tackle criticisms that Sun is too 'protectionist'. Sun Microsystems is to change the Java standards process to include an external audit by an accounting firm.
VisualAge for Java 2.0, Professional Edition, offers native Java compilers for a number of platforms including Windows NT, AIX and OS/390 and Java Beans for adding links to JDBC-compatible databases. JavaBeans also provides support for Lotus Domino...
Sun's Small Office Solution (SOS), which launched in the UK last week, consists of the Sun LX50 entry level server, a dual 1.4GHz Intel processor-based box, with several third-party applications running on top of Sun's own Linux distribution.
Microsoft has laid the blame for half of all Windows crashes on third-party code. Scott Charney, chief security strategist at Microsoft, told developers at the TechEd 2003 conference in Brisbane, that information collected by Dr Watson, the company...
The majority of Solaris applications run on servers built on Sun's own Sparc processor but the company is aggressively promoting Solaris on x86 servers based on chips from Intel or AMD. That upgrade will let the automatic diagnostic tools spot...
Likewise, despite the undeniable simplicity of connecting cameras and peripherals to the Mac and the seamless integration with the iLife suite, there are a host of similar apps for Windows that do a pretty good job of recognising third-party devices.